Cold-to-the-Bone Temps Chill Tournament Enthusiasm

With the air temperature running about 26 degrees at scheduled launch time this morning (8 a.m.), it's little wonder that only five boats showed up at Elizabeth City for today's Boundary Bass Club tournament on the Pasquotank River. Furthermore, the fact it only had crawled into the 30s at 3 p.m. undoubtedly speaks volumes as to why only two boats brought a total of seven fish to the scales.

Weighing in the event's lone five-fish limit was the team of (from left) Gabe Himmelwright and Mark Ingram. Their sack weighed 11.46 pounds, anchored by a 2.84-lb. big bass.

As noted by Gabe, "Mark and I got lucky and hit a 100-yard stretch where we caught our limit."

Meanwhile, the team of Dustin Alley and Joey Derezinski weighed two fish for 4.19 pounds.

Those anglers who didn't weigh included Bob Clarkson and the teams of Colton Wynne and Ryan Rickles, and Rusty Girard and James Calhoun.